Lake Oswego, Oregon

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The 2000 Census showed that Lake Oswego had a population of 35,278 people^<1>. This represents 1.03% of the total population of Oregon, making it the state's 13th most populous community.

The following table shows the recent changes in population. For the years after 2000, the population counts are estimated.

Below is a list of similarily sized communities (while rank is based on the 2000 Census, the population shown is estimated for 2008):

Rank in 2000	Community	Direction	Distance<2>	2008 Population	Change Since 2000
10	Corvallis	SW	64 mi [103 km]	51,110	3.63% increase
11	Tigard	W	3 mi [4.83 km]	48,713	18.17% increase
12	Albany	S	57 mi [91.7 km]	48,081	17.7% increase
-13-	Lake Oswego			36,926	4.67% increase
14	Keizer	SW	32 mi [51.5 km]	35,864	11.37% increase
15	McMinnville	SW	27 mi [43.45 km]	31,185	17.68% increase
16	Oregon City	SE	7 mi [11.27 km]	31,404	21.94% increase

Lake Oswego had 15,741 Housing Units^<3> at the time of the 2000 Census.

The 2000 Census shows that Lake Oswego has an area^<4> of 10.35 square miles [26.8 km²].

Using the above population and land area values, Lake Oswego had a 2000 population density of 3,409 people per square mile [1,316 people/km²], making it the state's 25th most densely populated area.

Clackamas County

The city of Lake Oswego is primarily located in Clackamas County. A portion of Lake Oswego extends into Multnomah County and Washington County.

The county had a population of 339,512 people at the 2000 Census. With it's population of 35,278 people, Lake Oswego contained 10.39% of the Clackamas County total.

In addition, where the community of Lake Oswego has a population density of 3,409 people per square mile [1,316 people/km²], Clackamas County averages 181.7 people per square mile [70.2 people/km²].

For more information, please visit our Census Page for Clackamas County.

Population Rings

To help identify the number of people who live in Lake Oswego and the surrounding area, we have drawn concentric rings centered on Lake Oswego. We counted the number of communities within each ring and summed their populations.^<5>

US Census QuickFacts

The Census Bureau has created documents containing demographic information called QuickFacts. Although they don't create QuickFacts for all communities, they do have one for Lake Oswego. Not only does the QuickFact have details about Lake Oswego, it also contains a comparison between Lake Oswego and the state of Oregon.

Click here for the Lake Oswego QuickFact (QF-4140550).

The following communities are nearby Lake Oswego and also have Census QuickFacts:

	Community	Census QuickFact	Direction	Distance	2008 Population	Change Since 2000
	Tigard	QF-4173650	W	3 mi [4.83 km]	48,713	18.17% increase
	Beaverton	QF-4105350	NW	7 mi [11.27 km]	91,757	20.53% increase
	Portland	QF-4159000	N	8 mi [12.87 km]	557,706	5.4% increase
	Gresham	QF-4131250	NE	14 mi [22.53 km]	101,221	12.21% increase
	Hillsboro	QF-4134100	NW	14 mi [22.53 km]	93,638	33.41% increase
	Vancouver (WA)	QF-5374060	N	16 mi [25.75 km]	163,186	13.67% increase

For more about neighboring communities, please visit our Neighborhood Page for Lake Oswego.

A Census Quickfact is available for Clackamas County (QF-53005).

Below are QuickFacts for the counties that border Clackamas County.

	County	Census QuickFact	Direction	2008 Population	Change Since 2000
	Hood River	QF-41027	NE	21,536	5.22% increase
	Marion	QF-41047	SW	314,606	10.17% increase
	Multnomah	QF-41051	NW	714,567	7.98% increase
	Washington	QF-41067	NW	529,216	17.99% increase
	Wasco	QF-41065	E	23,775	0.19% decrease
	Yamhill	QF-41071	W	98,168	15.16% increase

Miscellaneous Information

The Federal government has assigned identifying codes to each community, county and state. The following FIPS codes apply to Lake Oswego:

Lake Oswego is located in Census Region #4 (the West Region) and in Division #9 (the Pacific Division).

For more information about various Federal Codes, please visit our Misc. Page for Lake Oswego.

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Search for Local Businesses

People have found Google's 'Search-by-Location' to be a useful tool when planning visits to this area. We have prepared the following searches to help you find businesses, travel and vacation activities that are in (or close to) Lake Oswego. It's likely that the search results won't include all of the businesses that are in this area, but the results should give you a good foundation for further searches.

For what it's worth: In addition to helping you submit your own search, clicking 'Other...' will frequently (but not always) show you some popular searches for this area.

If you find an error or your business wasn't included in the results, please contact Google to help them resolve the issue (we simply link to 'Search-by-Location' and have no control over their results).

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